Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, Stanford, 2002
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The George Washington University, D.C., 1996
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1990
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2017-Present
Director, Minnesota Space Grant Consortium Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2017-Present
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2014-2019
Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2008-2017
Affiliate Faculty Member (Graduate Advising), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2002-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2002-2008
Research Staff and Graduate Research Assistant, Global Positioning System Laboratory, Stanford University, 1996-2002
System Engineer, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., 1990-1996
Professor Gebre-Egziabher's area of research is in navigation, guidance and control of aerospace vehicles. A particular focus of his research is the application of estimation theory to the development of algorithms and design methodologies to optimally fuse the information from multiple sensors and systems. One of the challenges encountered when dealing with problems for aerospace applications or other safety and liability critical operations is being able to precisely quantify (in statistical terms) the level of reliability of the algorithms and systems. Example of the engineering application of his work are in the developmental attitude determination systems for satellites, high accuracy navigation of aircraft and evaluation operations of small autonomous aerial vehicles in the national airspace system.
2015: Samuel M. Burka Award, Institute of Navigation (ION)
2015: Associate Fellow, AIAA/American Inst. of Aeronautics & Astronautics
2012-2013: ONR, Sr Faculty Fellow, US Navy Research
2009-2011: ONR, Faculty Fellow, US Navy Research
2008: George W. Taylor Career Development Award for Excellence in Teaching
2006-2008: McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
Runnels, J. T. & Gebre-Egziabher, D., 2017, "Recursive range estimation using astrophysical signals of opportunity", Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 40, Issue 9, p. 2201-2213, (Journal Article)
J. Larsen and D. Gebre-Egziabher, 2017, "Conservatism Assessment of Extreme Value Theory Overbounds", IEEE Transaction on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, (Journal Article)
Y.Ketema, D.Gebre-Egziabher, 2016, "Experimentally Derived Kinetic Model for Sensor- Based Gait Monitoring", ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 138, No.1, (Journal Article)
H.Mokhtarzadeh, D.Gebre-Egziabher, 2016, "Fusing Data with Unknown or Uncertain Level of Correlation", AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, (Journal Article)
H. Mokhtarzadeh and D. Gebre-Egziabher, 2016, "Networked UAV Navigation in GNSS-Stressed or Denied Environments", IEEE Transaction on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Volume: 52, No. 5. pp. 2539 - 2553, (Journal Article)